April

Historic Garden Week in Virginia
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This is the oldest and largest statewide house and garden week in the U.S. with more than 250 of Virginia’s most beautiful gardens featuring walled gardens, cottage gardens, cutting gardens, herb gardens, historic properties, contemporary residences and exceptional artworks.

May

Memorial Day Weekend Celebration
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As summer arrives so does this celebration in its honor offering daily entertainment, evening concerts and children’s activities.

June

Juneteenth-Freedom Festival
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Learn the significance of this traditional African-American holiday, which commemorates Texas slaves learning of the Emancipation Proclamation. The day is filled with family fun, music, vendors and community information.

July

Yorktown Independence Day Celebration
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Celebrate where independence was won with creative arts and crafts, spectacular parade, classic car show, exciting children’s area, delightful musical entertainment, delicious food, fifes & drums and a dazzling fireworks show.

September

Colonial Williamsburg Storytelling Festival
800-HISTORY

Tall-tales, music, mythology and Bible stories all come alive at this enchanting festival.

Williamsburg Scottish Festival
757-229-5653

Experience the Scottish culture with fun games, board competitions, re-enactors, clan memorabilia, dance competitions, wine tasting, pub tents, and folk band and athletic competitions.

October

Howl-O-Scream
800-343-7946

Be prepared to have a hair raising spine chilling frightful time with haunted houses, scare zones and themed shows.

An Occasion for the Arts
757-880-5700

This one day annual festival attracts more than 20,000 people each year and offers 100 artists, performers, and craftspeople along with food, and live musical performances.

Yorktown Victory Celebration
757-253-4838

Take a journey back in time as you view demonstrations of military life and tactics during the American Revolution. Visitors can enroll in “A School for the Soldier” to try on uniforms, march to the beat of a Revolutionary drum and join the many hands-on activities.

November

Foods & Feast of Colonial Virginia
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Beginning on Thanksgiving Day this 3-day event features the foodways of the 17th Century. Learn how food was gathered, preserved and prepared by the Virginia English Colonist and the Powhatan Indians.

December

Christmas in Williamsburg
757-229-1000

The whole month of December offers family-friendly fun and events including the Grand Illumination and the New Year’s Eve fireworks show. Walking tours, recitals, concerts, and theatrical performances are a few of the events listed to take place.

A Colonial Christmas
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Experience the traditions honored at Christmas during the 17th and 18th century with films, guided tours and hear accounts of Christmas and winter in military encampments during the American Revolution at the Yorktown Victory Center.